ARCHIVE FOR OCTOBER, 2009

EQUAL PAY DAY

Posted by Charlotte on October 29, 2009
Tags: Equal Pay, Equal Pay Day, Fawcett

On Friday 30th October women will effectively receive their last pay cheque of the year. The full-time gender pay gap of 17.1% is the equivalent of men being paid all year round while women work for free after 30th October.…

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SHOUT OUT

Posted by Charlotte on October 22, 2009
Tags: Equality, feminism, HollaBack, Sexual Harrasment, Violence Against Women

Hollaback may not be a word entirely rooted in the English lexicon, however I’m sure we all catch it’s drift.

HollaBack is something I’ve long known as a US phenomenon so I’m extremely excited to see it develop an UK…

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ISSUE 9 DEADLINES!

Posted by Charlotte on October 22, 2009
Tags: Contribute, feminism, Women and Sport, Writer

Interested in writing for Subtext Magazine?

With the release of Issue 8 just around the corner, it’s time to warn you of the also imminent deadlines for Issue 9! As always submissions are open to anything you want to write…

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RECLAIM THE NIGHT – EAST MIDLANDS

Posted by Charlotte on October 20, 2009
Tags: feminism, Marches, Nottingham, Reclaim the Night

Harking to the Nottingham homeland of Subtext magazine

When: 24 October 2009
Time: 6:00pm onwards
Venue: Nottingham

Continuing the blossoming popularity of Reclaim the Night marches across the country, Nottingham will be hosting a march this week to…

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AGE 8 AND WANTING A SEX CHANGE

Posted by Laura on October 20, 2009
Tags: Children, documentary, gender, identity, sex, stereotypes

Last night I sat down to watch Age 8 and Wanting a Sex Change, the latest documentary as part of Channel 4’s Bodyshock series. The programme followed Josie and Kyla, two eight year old girls who had both been born…

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TAKE ACTION AGAINST NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS – I AM

Posted by Charlotte on October 19, 2009
Tags: Action, feminism, Immigration, Politics

Amnesty International UK is organising a mass lobby of parliament on 4 November 2009 to lobby MPs at Westminster on the No Recourse to Public Funds Rule.

Many women come to the UK, often legally, in the hope of improving

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TALKING ON THE RADIO

Posted by Charlotte on October 19, 2009
Tags: feminism, frances finn show, Radio

I was given the opportunity to get five minutes of perspective on feminism in today’s society on BBC Nottingham Radio this morning. And despite having to do it in pyjama’s and a fluffy dressing gown because I have a chest…

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SUNDAY SUBTEXT – IT’S BUSINESS TIME

Posted by Charlotte on October 18, 2009

I very rarely buy the newspaper but being nestled in the comfort of my mother’s home I have been treated to the rarity of the Sunday paper in the form of the Sunday Times. As many of you know, the…

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EVENT – GIRL GERMS

Posted by Guest on October 16, 2009
Tags: events, london, Music, Zines

Guest post by Lydia Harris and Laura Wilson.

Girls Germs is a grrrl-tastic night of music, zines, cakes and dancing. Everybody who comes gets a free cupcake and a chance to buy zines from the fantastic We Are Words And…

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FEMINISM IN LONDON 09

Posted by Laura on October 13, 2009
Tags: events, feminism, london

Saturday 10th October saw Feminism in London 2009 take place at Conway Hall. Though I cannot speak for the range of panels and workshops on the day, I just wanted to discuss my own experience of the day and welcome…

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